<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Palatino Linotype";
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 5 5 3 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Times;
panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Cambria","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
p.xmsonormal, li.xmsonormal, div.xmsonormal
{mso-style-name:x_msonormal;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:0in;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif";}
p.xmsoplaintext, li.xmsoplaintext, div.xmsoplaintext
{mso-style-name:x_msoplaintext;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:0in;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif";}
p.xmsonormal0, li.xmsonormal0, div.xmsonormal0
{mso-style-name:xmsonormal;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-para-margin-top:.01gd;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:0in;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times","serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:.1pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:.1pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:.1pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Matthew Morrison Signs to Adam Levine’s Label
<i>222</i> <i>Records</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Morrison’s Sophomore Record to be Released this Spring<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">LOS ANGELES, CA, FEBRUARY 9, 2012--</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">
<b>Maroon 5</b> frontman and <b><u>Voice</u></b> coach <b>Adam Levine</b> announced today that Matthew Morrison has signed to Levine’s
<b><i>222 Records</i></b>. The label will release the sophomore album of Tony, Emmy and 2-time Golden Globe nominee
<b>Matthew Morrison</b>, best known for his role as <i>Will Schuester</i> on <b><u>Glee</u></b>. The album is set to debut this spring. Additional signings to label will be announced shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">In addition to his sophomore album, Morrison will next appear on the big screen starring opposite Cameron Diaz in Lionsgate's highly anticipated
film, <b><u>What to Expect when Expecting</u></b>, which will be released on May 18, 2012. In addition to the film, Morrison will be starring alongside George Clooney and
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Jesse Tyler Ferguson
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">in Dustin Lance Black’s play reading of
<u>8</u> in Los Angeles on March 3<sup>rd</sup>. Morrison also directed his first episode of
<u>GLEE</u> in December with their Christmas episode. <span style="color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">
Morrison studied musical theater, vocal performance and dance at New York University’s renowned Tisch School of the Arts. His big Broadway break came when he was cast as heartthrob Link Larkin in the hit “Hairspray.” Morrison was later nominated for a Tony
Award for his role in “The Light in the Piazza,” and received a Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical for “10 Million Miles.” He also starred in the Tony Winning revival of “South Pacific” at Lincoln Center Theater in New York.
</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal0" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Said Levine, “I am excited for everyone to hear Matthew’s forthcoming album. Great things are in store for him with this release.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Said Morrison on his upcoming work with Levine, “I am excited to be working on my next album with such an incredible singer, writer and producer as Adam Levine. Adam and I share the same
vision as we begin working on my record together.”</span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsoplaintext" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">As the front man of GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist Maroon 5, Adam Levine has left an indelible mark on popular music. The primary
songwriter for the band and a guitar player, Adam’s talents haven given Maroon 5 their signature sound and his heartfelt anthems have become part of the fabric of popular music. Maroon 5 has won three Grammy Awards and sold more than 17 million albums. The
band's releases have also gone gold and platinum in over 35 countries. With the recent success of Maroon 5's global smash platinum single
<b>“Moves Like Jagger,”</b> Adam Levine became the first artist in <b><u>Billboard's</u> Hot 100</b> chart's 53-year history to reach
<u>#1</u> as part of a group and enter the <u>Top 10</u> at the same time as a soloist, as he is also featured on Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts." Adam Levine has also collaborated with various musical acts including Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Slash and K'Naan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsoplaintext" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsoplaintext" align="center" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:center">
<b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">###<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:.1pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"">Carleen Donovan/ Press Here 212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>